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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father she is afraid that school integration will lead to?
(a) Disease.
(b) Crime.
(c) Race-mixing.
(d) Violence in the schools.

2. What animals do both Liz and Marlee like to listen to at the zoo?
(a) The parrots.
(b) The lions.
(c) The monkeys.
(d) The hyenas.

3. Who is the boy who asks Marlee for help with his math homework?
(a) JT Dalton.
(b) Ernest.
(c) Little Jimmy.
(d) David.

4. Who helps Marlee at the pool in Chapter 1?
(a) Judy.
(b) Little Jimmy.
(c) Sally.
(d) David.

5. What does Ms. Winthrop affectionately call Marlee?
(a) A doll.
(b) A smarty.
(c) A squirt.
(d) A peanut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prop does Marlee use in her presentation on the Quapaw Indians?

2. What does Marlee like about Mr. Harding on the first day of school?

3. What do Liz and Marlee decide to do their project on?

4. What does Liz bring with her the first time she meets Marlee after she is forced to leave school?

5. What does Marlee's mother say when she finds out about what happened with Liz?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Governor Faubus orders the schools in Little Rock to close, how do Marlee's parents react to the news?

2. What does Marlee's father tell her about his reasons for driving her to school every day?

3. Why does Marlee assign a drink to each person in her life that represents that person's personality?

4. What does Marlee discover her new math teacher, Mr. Harding, does differently than her previous math teacher on her first day of school?

5. How do Marlee's parents react when they find out that Liz had been passing?

6. How does Liz act when the colored students walk into the library where she and Marlee are preparing for their history project?

7. How does Liz give Marlee her phone number so only Marlee will know what it is?

8. How does Marlee find out what really happened to Liz that prevents her from coming back to school?

9. How does Marlee decide to try to get a message to Liz after Liz can not come back to school?

10. What is Marlee's first impression of Liz when she meets her on the first day of school?

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